Exclusive: Swiss and German producers to adapt novels from Nele Neuhaus.
Swiss and German distribution and production outfit Ascot Elite is joining forces with German outfit Jumping Horse Film to produce a series of film adaptations of author Nele Neuhaus’ family book series Elena – A Life For Horses.
German author Neuhaus’ series of six novels are aimed primarily at young girls. The books chart the adventures, travails and coming-of-age of a 13-year-old girl who grows up on an idyllic stud farm.
Writer Neuhaus is best known in Germany for her crime-thriller novels, a number of which have been adapted by Zdf for TV, and the Elena series also weave in elements of detective fiction.
Filming on volume one of the series is planned to take place in Germany in the summer of 2018.
The production team will include Ralph Dietrich, Karin Dietrich, Stephan Giger, Roger Kaufmann, Ulrich Stiehm and Frank Kaminski. The same team...
Swiss and German distribution and production outfit Ascot Elite is joining forces with German outfit Jumping Horse Film to produce a series of film adaptations of author Nele Neuhaus’ family book series Elena – A Life For Horses.
German author Neuhaus’ series of six novels are aimed primarily at young girls. The books chart the adventures, travails and coming-of-age of a 13-year-old girl who grows up on an idyllic stud farm.
Writer Neuhaus is best known in Germany for her crime-thriller novels, a number of which have been adapted by Zdf for TV, and the Elena series also weave in elements of detective fiction.
Filming on volume one of the series is planned to take place in Germany in the summer of 2018.
The production team will include Ralph Dietrich, Karin Dietrich, Stephan Giger, Roger Kaufmann, Ulrich Stiehm and Frank Kaminski. The same team...
- 7/12/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Studios saw healthy returns in Switzerland in 2015, but this left little room for local distributors to manoeuvre.
Local distributors in Switzerland are wrangling with the challenges of an overcrowded market saturated by too many releases and competition from deep-pocketed studios rivals. In 2015, a total of 454 films were distributed in Switzerland. That figure has remained steady over recent years, but blockbuster releases have left narrow windows for independent distributors to release their films.
“There are a lot of event movies that people feel the need to see so they can talk about them in the office,” says Ralph Dietrich, CEO of Swiss distributor Ascot Elite, which had a 6.3% market share in 2015 (compared to 21% for Universal and 20% for Disney). “We’re trying to compete with the studios but it’s not easy.”
Even though Ascot Elite releases starry, big-budget content – their 2016 distribution titles include The Bfg and Now You See Me 2 – the lack of room to manoeuvre means even...
Local distributors in Switzerland are wrangling with the challenges of an overcrowded market saturated by too many releases and competition from deep-pocketed studios rivals. In 2015, a total of 454 films were distributed in Switzerland. That figure has remained steady over recent years, but blockbuster releases have left narrow windows for independent distributors to release their films.
“There are a lot of event movies that people feel the need to see so they can talk about them in the office,” says Ralph Dietrich, CEO of Swiss distributor Ascot Elite, which had a 6.3% market share in 2015 (compared to 21% for Universal and 20% for Disney). “We’re trying to compete with the studios but it’s not easy.”
Even though Ascot Elite releases starry, big-budget content – their 2016 distribution titles include The Bfg and Now You See Me 2 – the lack of room to manoeuvre means even...
- 9/25/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The Circle star to lead biopic of Swiss activist who lived in the Borneo rainforest.
Producers and cast and are rounding on a biopic of Swiss environmental activist Bruno Manser who disappeared years after living in the depths of the Borneo rainforest.
2015 Berlinale Shooting Star Sven Schelker, star of 2015 Swiss hit The Circle, is newly on board to play Manser.
Director Niklaus Hilber, whose drama Amateur Teens won the Best Film Award at the Zurich Film Festival last year, will direct. The English, German and native Penan-language script comes from Hilber and his Amatuer Teens collaborator Patrick Tonz.
Zurich-based production outfit A Film Company (Amateur Teens) will produce in collaboration with local distributor-producer Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, which in 2014 backed one of Switzerland’s biggest productions to date in the shape of Northmen: A Viking Saga.
Shoot is due to take place in Borneo and Switzerland in 2017 with the production expecting participation from the tribe with whom...
Producers and cast and are rounding on a biopic of Swiss environmental activist Bruno Manser who disappeared years after living in the depths of the Borneo rainforest.
2015 Berlinale Shooting Star Sven Schelker, star of 2015 Swiss hit The Circle, is newly on board to play Manser.
Director Niklaus Hilber, whose drama Amateur Teens won the Best Film Award at the Zurich Film Festival last year, will direct. The English, German and native Penan-language script comes from Hilber and his Amatuer Teens collaborator Patrick Tonz.
Zurich-based production outfit A Film Company (Amateur Teens) will produce in collaboration with local distributor-producer Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, which in 2014 backed one of Switzerland’s biggest productions to date in the shape of Northmen: A Viking Saga.
Shoot is due to take place in Borneo and Switzerland in 2017 with the production expecting participation from the tribe with whom...
- 4/18/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Circle star to lead biopic of Swiss activist who lived in the Borneo rainforest.
Producers and cast and are rounding on a biopic of Swiss environmental activist Bruno Manser who disappeared years after living in the depths of the Borneo rainforest.
2015 Berlinale Shooting Star Sven Schelker, star of 2015 Swiss hit The Circle, is newly on board to play Manser.
Director Niklaus Hilber, whose drama Amateur Teens won the Best Film Award at the Zurich Film Festival last year, will direct.
Zurich-based production outfit A Film Company (Amateur Teens) will produce in collaboration with local distributor-producer Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, who in 2014 backed one of Switzerland’s biggest productions to date in the shape of Northmen: A Viking Saga.
Shoot is due to take place in Borneo and Switzerland in 2017 with the production expecting participation from the tribe with whom Manser lived. Ascot intends to open the movie in cinemas in 2018.
Activist Manser lived from 1984 to 1990 with...
Producers and cast and are rounding on a biopic of Swiss environmental activist Bruno Manser who disappeared years after living in the depths of the Borneo rainforest.
2015 Berlinale Shooting Star Sven Schelker, star of 2015 Swiss hit The Circle, is newly on board to play Manser.
Director Niklaus Hilber, whose drama Amateur Teens won the Best Film Award at the Zurich Film Festival last year, will direct.
Zurich-based production outfit A Film Company (Amateur Teens) will produce in collaboration with local distributor-producer Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, who in 2014 backed one of Switzerland’s biggest productions to date in the shape of Northmen: A Viking Saga.
Shoot is due to take place in Borneo and Switzerland in 2017 with the production expecting participation from the tribe with whom Manser lived. Ascot intends to open the movie in cinemas in 2018.
Activist Manser lived from 1984 to 1990 with...
- 4/18/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Deals with TWC, Sierra Affinity, Lionsgate/Summit and Mister Smith for Ascot Elite.
Swiss distributor Ascot Elite has finalised deals on a host of anticipated titles including Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, Matthew McConaughey drama Gold and Keanu Reeves action sequel John Wick 2.
Ascot Elite acquired all rights for Tarantino’s buzzed-about western from The Weinstein Company for all Switzerland.
Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh are among the ensemble cast of the feature in which a group of bounty hunters, outlaws and fugitives all wind up seeking shelter from a blizzard in the same cabin.
Among other markets understood to have already closed on the film are France, Germany, Australia, India and Benelux.
Sierra Affinity trio
Ralph Dietrich’s indie kingpins have also acquired Sierra Affinity trio Gold, Chomancheria and All I See Is You for all Switzerland.
In Gold, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Williams and Édgar Ramírez star in the story...
Swiss distributor Ascot Elite has finalised deals on a host of anticipated titles including Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, Matthew McConaughey drama Gold and Keanu Reeves action sequel John Wick 2.
Ascot Elite acquired all rights for Tarantino’s buzzed-about western from The Weinstein Company for all Switzerland.
Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh are among the ensemble cast of the feature in which a group of bounty hunters, outlaws and fugitives all wind up seeking shelter from a blizzard in the same cabin.
Among other markets understood to have already closed on the film are France, Germany, Australia, India and Benelux.
Sierra Affinity trio
Ralph Dietrich’s indie kingpins have also acquired Sierra Affinity trio Gold, Chomancheria and All I See Is You for all Switzerland.
In Gold, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Williams and Édgar Ramírez star in the story...
- 8/4/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Global heavy metal vocalist, Johan Hegg, has been confirmed to join the cast of "Northmen- A Viking Saga". Ralph Dietrich, chief executive officer, Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, made the announcement today. Hegg, the frontman of Sweden's heavy metal titans Amon Amarth, will join the production in South Africa this month, playing the role of Viking warrior Valli. Said Hegg The mythology behind our Viking heritage is engrained in everything we do and it is awesome to have the opportunity to be part of Northmen-A Viking Saga. This is going to be one epic adventure and I cannot wait to be on set with my co-stars and this fantastic filmmaking team! Dietrich added It is an honour to have metal icon, Johan Hegg, set sail with us and we could not be more excited. Such a...
- 9/21/2013
- www.ohmygore.com/
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